{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-305/article-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-305/article-45.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2011/305",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-305",
  "path": "article/45",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Subsidiaries and subcontractors of approved bodies",
  "text": "1. Where an approved body subcontracts specific tasks connected with the third party tasks in the process of assessment and verification of constancy of performance or has recourse to a subsidiary, it shall ensure that the subcontractor or the subsidiary meets the requirements set out in Article 43, and shall inform the Secretary of State accordingly.\n2. The approved body shall take full responsibility for the tasks performed by subcontractors or subsidiaries wherever these are established.\n3. Activities may be subcontracted or carried out by a subsidiary only with the agreement of the client.\n4. The approved body shall keep at the disposal of the Secretary of State the relevant documents concerning the assessment of the qualifications of any subcontractor or the subsidiary and the tasks carried out by such parties under Annex V.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 45(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/465), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 45(3)(a) (with Sch. 1 para. 70) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1359, reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 45(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/465), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 45(3)(b) (with Sch. 1 para. 70) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1359, reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Art. 45(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/465), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 45(4) (with Sch. 1 para. 70) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1359, reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Art. 45(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/465), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 45(5)(a) (with Sch. 1 para. 70) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1359, reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 45(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/465), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 45(5)(b) (with Sch. 1 para. 70) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1359, reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in Art. 45 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/465), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 45(2) (with Sch. 1 para. 70) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1359, reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/305/article/45",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:14.270438+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}